Rent Genius: Series 1 (2017)

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8h 40min
Rent Genius: Series 1 (aka Genius: Albert Einstein) Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
Synopsis:
From executive producers and Academy Award Winners Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, National Geographies first-ever scripted series, 'Genius', offers an extraordinary look into the life of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein. Academy Award Winner Geoffrey Rush stars as the rebellious daydreamer who went on to become the greatest scientific mind of the 20th century. Beyond his groundbreaking theories of relativity, you'll witness Einstein's struggles to be a good husband and father - and a man of principle during a time of global unrest.
With Johnny Flynn as young Albert and Emily Watson as his second wife, Elsa, 'Genius' takes you on an unprecedented, 10-episode journey of discovery guided by Einstein's wit, wisdom and insatiable thirst for knowledge.
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Directors:
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Producers:
Steven Felder, Robert M. Williams Jr., William M. Connor
Creators:
Kenneth Biller, Noah Pink
Writers:
Kenneth Biller, Noah Pink, Walter Isaacson, Angelina Burnett, Mark Lafferty, Raf Green, Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders, Francesca Butler
Aka:
Genius: Albert Einstein
Studio:
20th Century Fox
Genres:
Drama
BBFC:
Release Date:
12/03/2018
Run Time:
520 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Meet the Characters
  • Einstein's Love Life
  • Einstein's Escape from Hitler
  • The Making of 'Genius'
  • Behind the Scenes with Ron Howard and Brian Graze
  • Behind the Scenes with the Cast
  • Costumes and Makeup
  • What Does "Genius" Mean?
  • Two Einsteins
Disc 1:
This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Einstein: Chapter One
2. Einstein: Chapter Two
Disc 2:
This disc includes the following episodes:
3. Einstein: Chapter Three
4. Einstein: Chapter Four
5. Einstein: Chapter Five
Disc 3:
This disc includes the following episodes:
6. Einstein: Chapter Six
7. Einstein: Chapter Seven
8. Einstein: Chapter Eight
Disc 4:
This disc includes the following episodes:
9. Einstein: Chapter Nine
10. Einstein: Chapter Ten
- Special Features

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Reviews (1) of Genius: Series 1

Promising start - Genius: Series 1 review by SB

Spoiler Alert
16/07/2023

This is a review of episodes 1&2 only. The story of Einstein is told through a flashback device, with two parallel timelines, a later one set in the twenties and then the beginning of the Nazi regime in Germany, and an earlier in the 1890s where the young Einstein is battling a conformist education system which recognises his genius but doesn't know what to do with it. He disovers women, and also encounters difficulties there.

Geoffrey Rush and Johnny Flynn (the latter almost unrecognisable) are both quite good as the elder and the younger Einstein respectively - although the age gap between them looks too great for the actual span of years involved. The supporting cast is fine, and the settings in various mid-European cities and universities are well done. You do not need to understand physics, as this is essentially about Einstein vs the world.

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